Bombing kills one, injures 7 in Turkey’s Diyarbakir

A car bomb explosion targeting a police vehicle in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakir has left one officer dead and seven other people wounded.

The blast took place on Tuesday when the armored police vehicle was passing close to a state hospital in Diyarbakir’s Dicle district.

An unidentified security source said a police officer who suffered serious injuries died at the hospital, while another officer and six civilians were being treated for injuries. The explosion also damaged buildings in Dicle.